Extension-table



E. D. PARROTT. EXTENSION TABLE;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. i9l9- 7 1,327,878, Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 2|. I919.

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EXTENSION TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. I919.

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ETHEL D. PABROTT, OF LOS AN GELES, CALIFORNIA.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

Specificationof Letters latent.

Application filed July 21, 1919. Serial No. 312,246.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'ETHE'L D. PARRo'rT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Extension-Table, of which the fOllOWiIlg is a specification.

My invention relates to extension tables and has more particular relation to the type of tables in which the extension leaves are permanently assembled in the table structure and are housed beneath the main table leaves when not in use.

The object of this invention is to provide a table of the abo-vedescribed type having hinged extension leavesmedially supported a strut member.

Another object is to provide a-table having medially hinged'extension leaves, all of the table leaves having intermeshing alining devices and the extension leaves, in use, having a three-point support upon the tableframe relieving the alining devices of shearing strains.

A further object is to provide a table having sectional extension leaves joined together by a blind-hinge device providing a smooth unbroken table surface.

Another object is to provide'a table having a hinged sectional extension leaf structure combined with a supporting strut member adjacent its hinge, the leaf sections, when in use, engaging the table frame 'at points relatively remote from the hinge providing a three-point support for the leaves and rendering them noncollapsible by downward pressure or weight.

With these and incidental objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table extended.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, with the pedestal removedand the extension leaves folded.

Fig. 3 is a section on line w m Flg. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the extension leaves folded.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 00 -019 Fig. 2.

Fig. 6- is a similar section showing the first step in the-unfolding of an extension leaf.

Fig. 7 is asimilar view showing the leaf in final unfolded position.

F ig. Sis an enlarged detail section through the blind-hinge device.

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Fig. 9 is a similar detall section showing the sectional leaf in unfolded position.

The table embodying the present invention includes a rigid frame supported upon legs or upon a single pedestal as shown, said frame slidably supporting the main leaves of the table beneath which the extension leaves are housed whennot'in use.

The frame comprises a pair of parallel side rails 1, 2 and connectedend rails '3, 42, the frame being supported upon the-pedestal 5 secured to a base plate 6 extended across the frame'an'd connected to the side rails. The vertical sides of the side rails 1, 2 are provided with longitudinal grooves 7, 8. The main leaf 9 of the table has secured to its under surface, a pair of parallel slides 11, 11 which engage into the grooves 7 of the side rails and the main leaf 10 has a similar pair of slides 12, 12 engaging into the grooves 8 of the side rails. This permits an independent sliding of either of the main leaves relative to the frame. A rod 13 is mounted at its ends in the end rails 3, 4 of the frame and extends longitudinally in a plane beneath the main leaves of the table and parallel with the side rails 1, 2. This rod supports the inner hinged ends of the extension leaf sections in both folded and exber 18 slidably journaled on the rod 18. The

hinge end of the strut members has an angled surface 19 which, when the leaf is in unfolded position, is in a horizontal plane, forming an abutment support for the inner edge of the section 14 as shown in Fig. 6 and limiting the hinge movement of'said sectio relative to the strut member.

The opposite end of the section 14 engages upon the upper surface of the side rail 1, this arrangement providing a non-collapsing structure. The section 15 engages the upper surface of the side rail 2 of the frame and the surface 19 of the strut member extends beneath the inner edge ofsaid section forming an abutment support therefor, relieving the hinge device 16 of downward strain. A leaf supporting bar 20, rigid on the frame, supports the outer ends of the leaf section when in folded position. (See Fig. 5.)

The main leaves and the sectional extension leaves are provided with the usual intermeshing dowel pins and sockets for the purpose of providing a true alinement of the several sections to present a smooth table surface.

In the operation of extending the table, the main leaves'are separated to expose the folded sectional leaves. The sectional leaves are then bodily lifted, the strut member 18 swinging about its pivot rod 13 and the section 14 of the leaf pivoting on the hinge 17, the parts assuming the position shown in .Fig. 6. The leaf section 15 is then swung upwardly about the hinge 16 to the position shown in Fig. 7.

After the extension leaves are positioned upon the frame rails the main leaf sections are brought together, each leaf section abutting the adjacent section with the intermeshing dowel pins and sockets engaging to aline the leaves.

I claim:

1'. An extension table comprising a frame,

main leaves slidable thereon, a sectional extension leaf hingedly united, and a strut member slidably journaled on the frame in a direction lengthwise of the table for edgewise adjustment of said leaf and hinged to one of the extension leaf sections.

2. An extension table comprising a frame, main leaves, slidable thereon, a pivoted strut member slidable on the frame lengthwise of the table and having its end formed as an.

abutment for engaging the inner edges of both leaf sections and a hinge connecting the strut member and extension leaf.

3. An extension table comprising a frame, main leaves slidable thereon, an extension leaf comprising two hingedly united sec tions, and a pivoted strut member slidable on the frame lengthwise of the table and hingedly connected to one of said leaf sections, limiting its movement and having its inner end formed to provide a supporting abutment for both leaf sections.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 14th day of July, 1919.

ETHEL D. PARROTT.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE B. FOSTER, L. BELLE WEAVER. 

